diff --git a/imageio/imageio-bmp/src/main/java/com/twelvemonkeys/imageio/plugins/bmp/DIBImageReader.java b/imageio/imageio-bmp/src/main/java/com/twelvemonkeys/imageio/plugins/bmp/DIBImageReader.java
index eb5207b1..12d4e5fe 100644
--- a/imageio/imageio-bmp/src/main/java/com/twelvemonkeys/imageio/plugins/bmp/DIBImageReader.java
+++ b/imageio/imageio-bmp/src/main/java/com/twelvemonkeys/imageio/plugins/bmp/DIBImageReader.java
@@ -321,8 +321,6 @@ abstract class DIBImageReader extends ImageReaderBase {
             descriptors.put(pEntry, descriptor);
         }
 
-        System.err.println("descriptor: " + descriptor);
-
         return descriptor.getImage();
     }